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I don't know about you, but the Bard has always seemed to me like a pretty interesting guy, somebody I'd like to get to know better, a great addition to the guest list for a dinner party. Alas, 'tis not to be, of course. Next April, the world will mark 400 years since William Shakespeare died at the tender age of 52. Mystery still surrounds his demise, though historians note that he and a couple of chums imbibed somewhat heavily a couple of days prior, following which the writer developed an alarming fever and quickly succumbed. Still, his relative youth at the time of his passing begs myriad questions about what more he might've gotten done, had he lived long enough to...

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